In the month before DecemParty (the new name for December), Executives all over the country will be using up odd days of holiday to recover from hangovers and get some much needed R&R before the Christmas rush.
It is a well known fact that a lot of business (including media) pretty much shuts down over Christmas. Let's be honest, the mind starts to wander and the booze starts to flow in DecemParty so most deadlines and projects are rolled over into the 'it'll get done next year' category. Yet not all firms (including this executive's) see fit to close the office from the 25th December to New Year to save on costs and boost ailing employee morale. I guess it's the thought that some saddo client who's got nothing better to do on the 27th December will ring up with some inane question and be furiously angry that no one is there to answer the phone.
Anyway, back to the here and now, a few days R&R. The humble executive can't afford a winter sun holiday, or a cottage in the regions as they have blown all of their cash on necessary booze, un-necessary clothes / music purchases and weekend outings. So it's back to the comfort of the parental nest to do some of the following:
- Moan about job
- Go with good intentions of doing something proactive
- End up scouring YouTube, twitter and the interweb for something funny (may as well be at work)
- Look through wedding pictures
- Discuss love life
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| n.b. There are only 12 questions on each episode of Eggheads. The show is recorded at normal speed and then replayed in 2 x slow motion |
- Recount stories of outings with friends / social life (whilst leaving out most of the juicy stuff).
- Eat some home cooked food
- Get told you are not eating enough home cooked food
- Catch up on sleep only to be told you are getting lazy
- Moan about job some more
- Come armed with horizon expanding books, movies and other culture to consume.
- End up watching 'Homes under the Hammer' (I hate houses, but I like hammers), and Eggheads (getting most of the questions wrong)
So executives trapped in the office, spare a thought for those of us on holiday.
ES